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Chris Packham is so self-critical that it has prevented him having children, the Springwatch presenter said yesterday. “I don’t like myself to want to reproduce myself,” the naturalist told BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs.

Packham, 52, has a teenage stepdaughter from a previous relationship, which he said was unexpected and rewarding but had not convinced him that he should have children of his own.

Asked what he thought was wrong with him, Packham said: “How long have we got? I’m very self-critical.

“I think that’s a healthy thing. I want to continually try to improve what I do ... It’s